Science Media Centre - Funding

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This page gathers and presents a compilation of data on the funding of the Science Media Centre.



Funding of the Science Media Centre[1]
Name of Donor Sep 2002 Apr 2003 Oct 2004 Nov 2005 Apr 2006 Feb 2007 Jul 2008 May 2009 May 2010 Jun 2011 Aug 2012 Jun 2013 Total


March 2012

An update of November 2011 added the Mobile Manufacturers Forum to the list of SMC funders.[2]

2010

As of 2010:

Funders include GM firms AstraZeneca, Monsanto UK, Novartis UK, and Syngenta; and nuclear body, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).[3]

2007

As of Feb 2007:[4]

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • AAAS and the magazine Science
  • ARM Holdings Plc
  • Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) including Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard & Metro
  • Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
  • Association for Science Education (ASE)
  • AstraZeneca
  • BASF Plc
  • Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
  • Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • British Computer Society (BCS)
  • British Embassy in Washington
  • British Geological Survey (BGS)
  • British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • BP Plc
  • Cadbury Schweppes
  • Cancer Resarch UK
  • Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP)
  • Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
  • Chilled Food Association (CFA)
  • Chiron Vaccines
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union (CIAA)
  • Copus
  • Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC)
  • Daily Express
  • Department for Trade and Industry (Office of Science and Innovation)
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • The Drayson Foundation
  • Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • Elsevier
  • Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  • Engineering and Technology Board (ETB)*
  • Environment Agency
  • European Science Foundation (ESF)
  • Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF)
  • ExxonMobil
  • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  • Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
  • Imperial College London
  • Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST)
  • Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
  • Institute of Physics
  • Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
  • Kraft Foods Inc
  • Medical Research Council (MRC)
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD)
  • The Met Office
  • Mobile Operators Association (MOA)
  • National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
  • Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  • Nature Magazine and Macmillan Publishing Group
  • News International Limited
  • Nirex
  • Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
  • Pfizer Limited
  • The Physiological Society
  • Research Councils UK (RCUK)
  • RDS
  • Rothamsted Research
  • Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
  • The Royal College of Pathologists
  • The Royal Society
  • The Royal Society of Medicine
  • Sanofi Pasteur MSD
  • Shell Chemicals Limited
  • Siemens Plc
  • Smith & Nephew Plc
  • Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM)
  • Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
  • Syngenta
  • Tate & Lyle Plc
  • Trinity Mirror Plc
  • UCB Group
  • UK Cleaning Products Industry Association (UKCPI)
  • Unilever
  • University of Teesside
  • Vodafone Group
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Wyeth

Previous funders (prior to Feb 2007):

March 2002

Sponsors of the SMC listed in a SMC Consultation Report of March 2002 are:[5]

Beeson Gregory | BP-Amoco | British Energy | The British Land Company | Conoco | Co-op | Dupont | EPSRC | Merlin Biosciences | Pfizer | The Posen Foundation | PowderJect | Royal College of Physicians | The Science Council | Smith & Nephew | The Society for General Microbiology | Tate & Lyle | Tesco | Trinity Mirror PLC | Dr David Moore | Dr Geoff Andrews

Notes

  1. Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013
  2. SMC About Us: Funding, November 2011, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 December 2011 on 8 August 2013
  3. SMC, 2010. Annual Review. Acc 16 May 2011.
  4. Current Funders/Previous Funders], SMC website, version placed in web archive 13 Jan 2008, accessed in web archive 28 Sept 2009
  5. Science Media Centre Consultation Report, March 2002, p. 25